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TIL About the African Dodger Game. In the 1920s people would throw baseballs at black people's heads at carnivals, causing great injuries and even death

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LQk6P TIL Moe Howard of The Three Stooges once broke three ribs filming a pratfall. Dazed, he managed to pick himself up off the ground and slap Curly in the face before passing out. The footage ended up being used in the finished short.
ALrl TIL of a man who survived a shipwreck in 1628 and transformed into a murderous dictator over the remaining survivors. He and his henchmen killed over 100 men, women and children over a 2 month period while stranded. Ultimately he was overcome by a group loyal to the ship’s captain and was executed.
rNemW TIL the idiom "said the quiet part loud" originated from the Simpsons in 1995
P0Jw TIL the phrase “Money is the root of all evil.” is a misquotation of “The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” which has quite a different meaning.
DQN0p TIL how lethal American submarines were during WWII. They destroyed 55% of all Axis power warships lost over the course of the war.